"bruiser" wrote in message
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The internet is amazing.

At the first SJ clave, Dave LaCourse really liked a pattern that I tied
and
asked me for more of them on a night or two. He was catching fish with
them. It's real similar to lots of other patterns in use at the Juan.

My pattern morphed a little in the years following Dave's visit, and the
fly
has been super effective for me in certain situations. It's not that I
recognize the situation in advance, it's just that sometimes when the fish
there are eating certain midge emergers this fly is great.

I named it the Pirate for Dave and I tied it for a San Juan flyswap
sponsored by one of the river's greatest tiers and a fellow Albuquerqean.

Lo and behold, here it is: Granted, Hooked on Flies ain't exactly Umpqua
and this fly ain't the smoothest piece of work that I've seen, but this
still went straight to my head:

http://tinyurl.com/3dskg

Scroll down to "pirate". If anyone want any of the "real deal" I'll send
you a few ;-)

bruce h


I assume the royalties will start pouring in any day now. Who knows, you
could be another Randall Kaufman and make a nice living off the royalties!

Jim Ray

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